Your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate.
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Your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate.
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And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.
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And it came to pass, when thy choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate,
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Passages linked to Isaiah 22:7 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Isaiah 8:7-8 now therefore, behold, the Lord brings upon them the mighty flood waters of the River: the king of Assyria and all his glory. It will come up over all its channels, and go over all its banks. It will sweep onward into Judah. It will overflow and pass through. It will reach even to the neck. The stretching out of its wings will fill the width of your land, Immanuel.
- Isaiah 10:28-32 He has come to Aiath. He has passed through Migron. At Michmash he stores his baggage. They have gone over the pass. They have taken up their lodging at Geba. Ramah trembles. Gibeah of Saul has fled. Cry aloud with your voice, daughter of Gallim! Listen, Laishah! You poor Anathoth! Madmenah is a fugitive. The inhabitants of Gebim flee for safety. This very day he will halt at Nob. He shakes his hand at the mountain of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 39:1-3 In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem, and besieged it. In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, a breach was made in the city. All the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, Nergal Sharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergal Sharezer, Rabmag, with all the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon.
- Isaiah 37:34 He will return the way that he came, and he won’t come to this city,’ says Yahweh.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Isa 22:7 And it shall come to pass, [that]…
Isa 22:7 And it shall come to pass, [that] thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.
Ver. 7. Thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots.] Iron chariots armed with scythes. These were, saith Vegetius, first a terror, and then a scorn.
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In array at the gate,] sc., To force entrance into the city. {as Jdg 9:44; Jdg 9:52}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots: valleys…
Thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots: valleys were the most proper places for the use of chariots: see Jos 17:16.
The horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate, to assist and defend the footmen whilst they made their assault, and withal to prevent and take those who endeavoured to escape.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest…
And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys,.... The valleys that were near Jerusalem, that used to be covered with the choicest corn or vines, or with grass and flocks of sheep, and used to be exceeding delightful and pleasant:
shall be full of chariots; where they can be more easily driven than on mountains; these were chariots not for pleasure, but for war; chariots full of soldiers, to fight against and besiege Jerusalem:
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and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate: to take them that come out of the city, and to force their way into it; as well as to protect and defend the foot, while they made the assault, and scaled the walls, and to be ready when the gates were opened to them.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Valleys - Valleys were the most proper places for…
Valleys - Valleys were the most proper places for the use of chariots. Gate - To assist the footmen while they made their assault, and to prevent those who endeavoured to escape.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Thy choicest valleys - Hebrew, ‘The choice of thy…
Thy choicest valleys - Hebrew, ‘The choice of thy galleys;’ meaning the most fertile and most valued lands in the vicinity of the city. The rich and fertile vales around Jerusalem would be occupied by the armies of the Assyrian monarch. What occurs in this verse and the following verses to Isa 22:14, is a prophetic description of what is presented historically in Isa. 36, and 2 Chr. 32. The coincidence is so exact, that it leaves no room to doubt that the invasion here described was that which took place under Sennacherib.
Set themselves in array - Hebrew, ‘Placing shall place themselves;’ that is, they shall be drawn up for battle; they shall besiege the city, and guard it from all ingress or egress. Rabshakeh, sent by Sennacherib to besiege the city, took his station at the upper pool, and was so near the city that he could converse with the people on the walls Isa 36:11-13.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain valleys--east, north, and south of Jerusalem: Hinnom on the…
valleys--east, north, and south of Jerusalem: Hinnom on the south side was the richest valley.
in array at the gate--Rab-shakeh stood at the upper pool close to the city (Isa 36:11-13).
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 7. And it shall come to pass] strictly, And…
7. And it shall come to pass] strictly, And it came to pass, in the scene beheld by the prophet.
set themselves … gate] take up their station towards the gate.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (7) That thy choicest valleys . . .—These were…
(7) That thy choicest valleys . . .—These were the valleys of Gibeon, Rephaim, Hinnom, and Jehoshaphat, which encircled Jerusalem on the west and south. They are painted as filled with the chariots and cavalry of the Assyrian army, ready to make their attack on the very gate of the city, the “great gate” named in Sennacherib’s inscription (Records of the Past, i. 39).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And it shall come to pass, etc. This verse…
And it shall come to pass, etc. This verse and the next are closely connected, and introduce the new subject of the preparations which the Jews made for their defense. Translate, And it came to pass, when thy choicest valleys were full of chariots (or, troops), and the horsemen had set themselves in array toward the gate, that then did he draw off the cavorting of Judah, etc.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 22:7 The Kidron and Hinnom valleys were located to…
22:7 The Kidron and Hinnom valleys were located to the east and south of Jerusalem.
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